Kouchibouguac National Park

• Jackie Vautour’s family discussing next steps after belongings boxed from N.B. park

  The granddaughter of a man who laid claim to land in New Brunswick's Kouchibouguac National Park says it is a frustrating time for her family. 

  Canada

  Apr 12, 2023
  
• Jackie Vautour’s family’s belongings boxed up from Kouchibouguac National Park

  Parks Canada says the personal belongings of the family of a man who laid claim to land in New Brunswick's Kouchibouguac National Park are being removed.

  Canada

  Apr 11, 2023
  
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• Deadline passes, but family of Jackie Vautour remains in Kouchibouguac National Park

  For more than 50 years, the Vautours have claimed they are Acadian-Metis and have the permission of Steven Augustine to remain on the property on New Brunswick's east coast.

  Canada

  Apr 1, 2022
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• Mi’kmaw chiefs reject Acadian-Métis as distinct group, oppose Vautour N.B. land claim

  Mi'kmaw chiefs in New Brunswick are speaking out to oppose the land claim by the family of the late Jackie Vautour involving property within Kouchibouguac National Park.

  Canada

  Mar 25, 2022
• Deadline looms in Vautour family battle to remain on land in N.B. national park

  Parks Canada is sticking to a March 31 deadline for the family to vacate the property and remove their belongings from the land on the east coast of New Brunswick.

  Canada

  Mar 21, 2022
• Deadline looms in Vautour family battle to remain on land in N.B. national park

  Parks Canada is sticking to a March 31 deadline for the family to vacate the property and remove their belongings from the land on the east coast of New Brunswick.

  Canada

  Mar 19, 2022
• Parks Canada tells family fighting expropriation to leave N.B. park by end of March

  Jackie Vautour staged a 50-year battle against the government's expropriation of the land up to his death in February of last year

  Canada

  Jan 25, 2022
• Families vow to continue land battle in New Brunswick’s Kouchibouguac National Park

  "You can't forget a place like this, you just can't."

  Canada

  May 23, 2021
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• Fight over land expropriated for national park in New Brunswick is heating up again

  Parks Canada has written two letters since early April seeking to have Vautour's belongings removed from the property.

  Canada

  May 14, 2021
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• Family of Jackie Vautour to continue fight for land expropriated for national park

  The Vautour family say they are Metis-Acadian and the expropriated land is unceded Mi'kmaq territory that is the subject of an ongoing court challenge.

  Canada

  Apr 16, 2021